The latest snowpack map shows the Olympics and Cascades are running well more than 100 percent of normal. I asked the Northwest Avalanche Center Forecast Director Dennis D'Amico if these are the ...

"The White Cascade: The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America's Deadliest Avalanche" by Gary Krist (Henry Holt and Co., 336 pages, $26) Skip to main content Arrow-right ...

Traction tires are still required at Blewett Pass, and North Cascades Pass remained closed due to avalanche danger. No restrictions are in place at Loup Loup Pass, but it is completely covered in ...

The avalanche disaster prompted construction of a second Cascade tunnel under Stevens Pass. This longer, 7.8 mile tunnel was cut through the mountains at a much lower elevation, just under 2,900 feet.

Three killed in avalanche in Cascade Mountains as heavy snow blocks rescuers from recovering bodies. Those killed were identified as a 53-year-old man from Connecticut, a 60-year-old woman from ...